Om Prakash (historian)
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Om Prakash | |
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| Awards | Order of the Netherlands Lion |
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| Alma mater | Delhi School of Economics |
Om Prakash (born January 1940, in Delhi) is an Indian economic historian. He is noted for his work on the Dutch East India Company in Bengal, and also for his work on coinage, precious metal trade, and other aspects of pre-colonial commerce between Europe and India. In 2005, he was knighted by the Dutch queen.
He did his M.A. from the Delhi School of Economics in 1961, ranking first, and continued with his PhD in Economic History. His thesis, The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal, 1630-1720, is based on archival material from the Nationaal Archief at the Hague. It was published as a book by the Princeton University Press in 1985.
